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Please make checks payable to Homefields, Inc. and mail this coupon in the envelope provided. Homefields is a non-profit organization, 501(c)(3). Donations are tax-deductible. Letters to the Editor can be sent to: Homefields, 150 Letort Road, P.O. Box #41, Millersville, PA 17551, (717) 872-2012.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Allison G. Hawthorne, Pres.Thomas E. Strauss, V.P.Linda Strauss, Sec.Christian R. Herr, Jr., Treas.Leon BixlerMartha BixlerJerry DetermanStewart M. IrelandStefan LawshawDorothy LyetDennis SteinerBrian D. Wassell

www.homefields.orgIt’s summer and time to surf the net. We now have a website at our own permanent domain thanks to a donation from Denny Weber (a friend of Homefields), and pro-gramming by Reed Strauss (our webmas-ter). Check out the online ordering sys-tem for Harley and golf club raffle tickets—it’s encrypted and secure. The website will grow to offer you driving directions, text from all past news letters, and updates on what products and services we’re most currently working on.

Spotlight on IrelandHomefields welcomes Stewart M. Ireland as the most recent member to our board of directors. Stew has 21 years of experi-ence working as a professional in food service and is currently general man-ager of Miller’s Smorgasbord, Bakery, Gift Shop and Country Store. He served for three years on the Business Excellence Round Table Committee; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and two years on the board of directors of the Lancaster County Res taurant Association. In addition to Home fields, Stew is a mem-ber of the board of TES, Inc., a den leader and committee member of the Weblos, and on-screen talent in Homefields’ video, Steps to a Healthy Lifestyle—Cooking.

Homefields’ Homebase The first phase of barn renovations is complete. Where the lower level once contained horse stalls, there are now accessible bathrooms—one with a shower—a kitchenette, a large project room, new interior stairway to the upper level, and an office awaiting Goodwill staff. The rustic charm is still there, and it seems even more charming with the air conditioning on. Homefields would like to extend a very special “thank you” to Paul Risk Associates, Inc. and to Clark Electric, Inc., Fulton Bank, Kreider Brothers, Inc., Protech Mechanical Contractors and TES, Inc. for making the first phase of the barn project a reality.

Goodwill Industries, in a joint ven-ture, will staff the horticultural program that Homefields is housing.

Thanks to a grant awarded to Homefields from The Lancaster Medical Society Alliance our Steps to a Healthy Lifestyle video project has been reborn. The “Steps” series is a video instructional tool that will help people, those who require assistance and those who care for others, to learn how to adopt a more “heart-healthy” lifestyle.

Lynne DeMers and Brad Bass, a pro-ducer and editor for MaxFilms, a local film/video production company, have been steadfastly guiding two projects through taping to editing. The Introduction to Cooking video is in post production and Introduction to Gardening will be com-pleted when we all return for some har-vesting shots at the end of the growing season.

Donating their time and talent were volunteers from Community Services Group, Homefields, TES, Inc., Goodwill Industries of Southeastern PA, and Penn State Master Gardeners of Lancaster Co. Adding a jazzy musical mix to the back-ground was Milton Ranck, MHR Commu-nications and thanks to Funk’s Farm Market, Millersville for a jazzy floral back-ground.

Because we care about our community

as you have cared about us, Homefields will gift videos upon completion to select-ed homes within Lancaster County. Future “Step” videos, Exercise, Shopping, and Container Gardening, will be created as additional funding sources are discovered.

Homefields Mission StatementsResidential: Our mission is to create a financially secure, long-term home in a safe, family-like setting where there is respect for the individual in a holistic sense and fun and creativity are revered as basic human needs.Vocational: Our mission is to provide agricultural/ horticultural facilities for individuals who prosper with supported employment; to nurture integration through community interaction and to cultivate a spirit of volunteerism within our community.

Paul Risk Associates employees pour the concrete floor in an early stage of barn renovation.

Homefields Goes Hollywood

Sweet DealHere’s the newest member of the Ron Stinger family—a Harley-Davidson he won in our third raffle. Making the pre-sentation (on Valentine’s Day, no less) is Adam Sabedra from Classic Harley David-son in Reading, PA, (610) 670-3764.

You could be sitting on the next Harley we give away—a new drawing is on for a black Sportster 883 that will be raffled off December 12, 2000.

Golf TournamentHomefields Fall Classic Golf Tournament will kick off on Wednesday, September 22. This is our third at Over look Golf Course and each is better than the last. Even if you don’t like to play, there’s plenty of entertainment in seeing who gets the prize for the ugliest golf bag, or who wins the Callaway Big Bertha golf club set this year. (Maybe this time, someone will get a hole-in-one). Registration is at 11, the tournament starts at noon, and we’ve got a hot dinner for those interested. Proceeds benefit the horticultural day program.

If you haven’t received our mailer or need more infor-mation, write to: Brian Wassell, CPA Trout, Ebersole & Groff, LLP 1705 Oregon Pike Lancaster, PA 17601

Resident Brian Bixler has the distinct feeling he’s being watched. See his acting debut in Homefields soon-to-be-released cooking video, Introduction to Cooking.

What goes into a video shoot? Here’s a scene from Intro­duction to Garden­ing, the second in Steps to a Healthy Lifestyle, a three-part series. Lynne Demers (fore-ground) directs production assistant Ryer Banta (left) and cinematographer Chris Young. In the background are Emily Roland, Tom Strauss, and Sandy Ripino. Emily is featured in the video, talking about container gardening.

Penn Manor students come through for us again, beautifying the property for the second year in a row.

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A volunteer prepares to tend weeds outside the newly renovated barn that will serve as main offices.

V O L U M E T H R E E • N U M B E R T H R E E

The first meeting in the barn meets the expectations of resident Ted Lyet. To his right is resident Mary beth Determan, parents, and board members.

Reed and Tom Strauss build a raised bed in the vegetable garden.

Pam Rohrer and Barbara Chisholm prepare for being filmed at Funk’s Farms.

Dave Strauss repairs the fence by the ranch house.

Carolyn Semedo spruces up the ranch house for another season.

Tamiko Amaker waxes poetic on our mailbox.

Big things are goingon at the farm

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